Mari Kodama
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Special offer. Kaleidoscope - Beethoven Transcriptions
Saint-Saëns, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Beethoven
Mari Kodama (piano)
he Saint-Saens Allegretto (from Op. 59 No. 1) comes over with a light and velvet touch and not a trace of mannerism…Most successful are Musorgsky’s deft arrangements of movements from the F... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Instrumental Choice
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To Kodama’s great credit, she seeks out the subtle beauties of this music, resorting neither to overstatement nor to an assumed naivety. Her clarity of touch and unfailing kinaesthetic sense... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2024
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Special offer. Martinů: Double Concertos for Violin and Piano
RecommendedMomo & Mari Kodama (piano), Sarah & Deborah Nemtanu (violin), Magali Demesse (viola), Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Lawrence Foster
The biggest challenge here is the Concerto for Two Pianos…the Kodama sisters’ approach with Lawrence Foster and the very fine Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra (who knew?) is less mellow, more... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites (transcribed for Piano Duo)
Mari Kodama (piano) & Momo Kodama (piano)
The Sugar Plum Fairy sounds as delicate on piano as for the celesta or the original orchestration, and the delicious Pas de deux loses nothing in translation...An enjoyable way to encounter... —
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Special offer. Mozart & Poulenc Double & Triple Piano Concertos
Karin Kei Nagano, Mari Kodama (piano), Momo Kodama, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kent Nagano
The first thing to say about this performance of K242 is that one has absolutely no sense of the third piano being a weak link: the cumulative effect is smooth and seamless, and the work has... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
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Everything proceeds in a faultless flow of sound and in this sense her credentials are impeccable. Never bearing down heavily on the music, she always allows Beethoven his own voice. —
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Special offer. Beethoven: Piano Concertos 0-5
Mari Kodama (piano)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano
...her Emperor has a controlled resplendence. But it is in the fillers that Kodama shines, offering a magical Concerto No 0 (with improvised cadenza in consultation with Martin Galling). Her... —
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Special offer. Beethoven: Piano Concertos 0-5
Mari Kodama (performer, piano), Kolja Blacher (violin / fiddle), Johannes Moser (cello), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano
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